49 Bible Verses about Work
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and that you make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, even as we instructed you; that you may walk properly toward those who are outside, and may have need of nothing.
Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
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Deceit » The wicked » Work
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Deceit » Work
Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
Satan's » Work » Instigating men to sin
During supper, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, to betray him,
But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.
in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the children of disobedience;
because we wanted to come to you -- indeed, I, Paul, once and again -- but Satan hindered us.
Satan's » Work » Tempting to disobedience
The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die, for God knows that in the day you eat it, your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Satan's » Work » Preying upon men
Be sober and self-controlled. Be watchful. Your adversary, the devil, walks around like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.
Don't be afraid of the things which you are about to suffer. Behold, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested; and you will have oppression for ten days. Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life.
Satan's » Work » Tempting Christ
Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
Satan's » Work » Ruining the soul and body
Ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan had bound eighteen long years, be freed from this bondage on the Sabbath day?"
While he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.
Satan's » Work » Slandering saints
Then Satan answered Yahweh, and said, "Does Job fear God for nothing? Haven't you made a hedge around him, and around his house, and around all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.
But put forth your hand now, and touch all that he has, and he will renounce you to your face."
Satan's » Work » Sowing the tares
the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the children of the Kingdom; and the darnel weeds are the children of the evil one. The enemy who sowed them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the age, and the reapers are angels.
Satan's » Work » Removing the good seed
When anyone hears the word of the Kingdom, and doesn't understand it, the evil one comes, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is what was sown by the roadside.
Satan's » Work » Opposing the righteous
He showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of Yahweh, and Satan standing at his right hand to be his adversary.
Satan's » Work » The malignant work of
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
Satan's » Work » Lying
You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father.
Satan's » Work » Inflicting disease
So Satan went forth from the presence of Yahweh, and struck Job with painful sores from the sole of his foot to his head.
Topics on Work
Angels Doing God's Work
Matthew 28:2-7Behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from the sky, and came and rolled away the stone from the door, and sat on it.
Christ's Work
John 5:17But Jesus answered them, "My Father is still working, so I am working, too."
Demons, Evil Work Of
1 Samuel 16:14Now the Spirit of Yahweh departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from Yahweh troubled him.
Destruction Of Satan's Works
Zephaniah 1:4I will stretch out my hand against Judah, and against all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. I will cut off the remnant of Baal from this place: the name of the idolatrous and pagan priests,
Divine Work Of The Holy Spirit
Psalm 104:30You send forth your Spirit: they are created. You renew the face of the ground.
Doing God's Works
John 6:28They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"
Faith That Works
James 2:17Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead in itself.
God Equipping For Good Works
2 Timothy 3:17that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work.
God Works His Will
Ephesians 1:11in whom also we were assigned an inheritance, having been foreordained according to the purpose of him who works all things after the counsel of his will;
God's Work In Us
Philippians 2:13For it is God who works in you both to will and to work, for his good pleasure.
God, Works Of
Deuteronomy 32:4The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice: a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is he.
Good Works
Jeremiah 32:36-40Now therefore thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, concerning this city, about which you say, It is given into the hand of the king of Babylon by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence:
Hard Work And Perseverance
James 1:12Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Hindering God's Work
Exodus 13:15and it happened, when Pharaoh would hardly let us go, that Yahweh killed all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both the firstborn of man, and the firstborn of animal. Therefore I sacrifice to Yahweh all that opens the womb, being males; but all the firstborn of my sons I redeem.'
Incomplete Works
Exodus 5:14The officers of the children of Israel, whom Pharaoh's taskmasters had set over them, were beaten, and demanded, "Why haven't you fulfilled your quota both yesterday and today, in making brick as before?"
Justification Is Not By Works
Galatians 2:16yet knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ, even we believed in Christ Jesus, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law, because no flesh will be justified by the works of the law.
Justified By Works
James 2:21Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
Looking At God's Works
Exodus 34:10He said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do marvels, such as have not been worked in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among which you are shall see the work of Yahweh; for it is an awesome thing that I do with you.
Man's Work Finished
Genesis 29:21Jacob said to Laban, "Give me my wife, for my days are fulfilled, that I may go in to her."
Meditation On God's Work
Psalm 77:12I will also meditate on all your work, and consider your doings.
Missionary Work
1 Peter 3:15But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts; and always be ready to give an answer to everyone who asks you a reason concerning the hope that is in you, with humility and fear:
Missionary Work, Examples Of
2 Peter 2:5and didn't spare the ancient world, but preserved Noah with seven others, a preacher of righteousness, when he brought a flood on the world of the ungodly;
No Work On Feast Days
Exodus 20:10but the seventh day is a Sabbath to Yahweh your God. You shall not do any work in it, you, nor your son, nor your daughter, your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your livestock, nor your stranger who is within your gates;
Rejoicing In God's Works
Psalm 92:4For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.
Reward For Works
Psalm 62:12Also to you, Lord, belongs loving kindness, for you reward every man according to his work. A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah.
Salvation Not By Works
Ephesians 2:8-9for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Satan, Work Of
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Has God really said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
Success And Hard Work
Proverbs 21:5The plans of the diligent surely lead to profit; and everyone who is hasty surely rushes to poverty.
The Work Of Fools
Ecclesiastes 10:15The labor of fools wearies every one of them; for he doesn't know how to go to the city.
The Work Of The Wise
Proverbs 11:30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.
Work As To Christ
Ephesians 6:6not in the way of service only when eyes are on you, as men pleasers; but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
Work From Youth
Genesis 46:34that you shall say, 'Your servants have been keepers of livestock from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers:' that you may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination to the Egyptians."
Work Soon Done
Genesis 27:20Isaac said to his son, "How is it that you have found it so quickly, my son?" He said, "Because Yahweh your God gave me success."
Work, And Redemption
Ephesians 2:8-9for by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God,
Work, And Rest
Exodus 20:11for in six days Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day; therefore Yahweh blessed the Sabbath day, and made it holy.
Work, And The Fall
Genesis 3:17-19To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
Work, As Ordained By God
Genesis 1:27-28God created man in his own image. In God's image he created him; male and female he created them.
Work, Divine And Human
Psalm 127:1Unless Yahweh builds the house, they labor in vain who build it. Unless Yahweh watches over the city, the watchman guards it in vain.
Works Of Faith
James 2:14What good is it, my brothers, if a man says he has faith, but has no works? Can faith save him?
Works Of The Law
Leviticus 18:5You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.
Works, Good
Titus 2:7in all things showing yourself an example of good works; in your teaching showing integrity, seriousness, incorruptibility,